2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague

The 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague was the FIBA European professional club basketball Champions' Cup for the 2000–01 season. Up until that season, there was one cup, the FIBA European Champions' Cup (which is now called the EuroLeague), though in this season of 2000–01, the leading European teams split into two competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague and Euroleague Basketball Company's Euroleague 2000–01.

2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
Season	2000–01
Duration	18 October 2000 – 13 May 2001
Number of teams	20
Finals
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd title)
Runners-up	Panathinaikos
Third place	Efes Pilsen
Fourth place	CSKA Moscow
Awards
Season MVP	Nate Huffman
Final Four MVP	Ariel McDonald
Statistical leaders
Points Miroslav Berić 23.3 Rebounds Roberto Chiacig 9.4 Assists Raimonds Miglinieks 7.0
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The season started on 18 October 2000, and ended on 13 May 2001. The competition's Final Four took place at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, France. The 2000–01 SuproLeague was the last European top tier club competition organised by FIBA.

European Champions' Cup teams divided

Main article: FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history

The European Champions' Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated under its umbrella from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–2000 season. Euroleague Basketball was created on 1 July 2000.

FIBA had never trademarked the "EuroLeague" name and had no legal recourse on the usage of that name. Therefore, FIBA had to find a new name for their league and chose "SuproLeague". The 2000–01 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from the FIBA EuroLeague) and the brand new Euroleague.

Top clubs were split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Tau Cerámica, and Benetton Treviso joined Euroleague Basketball.

Competition system and format

• 20 teams (national domestic league champions, and runners-up from various national domestic leagues), playing in a tournament system.

The first phase was a regular season, in which the twenty competing teams were drawn into two groups, each containing ten teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 18 games for each team. The top 8 teams in each group advanced to the Round of 16, and the winners of this round advanced to the Quarterfinals. Both of the rounds were played in a Best-of-three playoff system. The winning teams of the Quarterfinals qualified to the SuproLeague Final Four, which was held in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, in Paris, on 10–13 May 2001.

Teams

Regular season
Panathinaikos (1st)	ASVEL (2nd)	Montepaschi Siena (6th)	Split CO (3rd)
Iraklis (7th)	Pau-Orthez (3rd)	Scavolini Pesaro (9th)	Krka (1st)
Efes Pilsen (2nd)	Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st)	Alba Berlin (1st)	Lietuvos rytas (1st)
Ülker (3rd)	Maccabi Ra'anana (2nd)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2nd)	Śląsk Wrocław (1st)
CSKA Moscow (1st)	Partizan ICN (2nd)	Telindus Oostende (2nd)	Plannja (1st)

Qualification round

If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record in matches between the tied clubs
2. Overall point difference in games between the tied clubs
3. Overall point difference in all group matches (first tiebreaker if tied clubs were not in the same group)
4. Points scored in all group matches
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each group match

Group A

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panathinaikos	18	13	5	1477	1364	+113	31	Advance to Play Offs
2	CSKA Moscow	18	12	6	1429	1376	+53	30
3	Split CO	18	12	6	1363	1335	+28	30
4	Ülker	18	11	7	1481	1419	+62	29
5	Alba Berlin	18	9	9	1439	1408	+31	27
6	ASVEL	18	9	9	1413	1400	+13	27
7	Lietuvos rytas	18	7	11	1522	1536	−14	25
8	Śląsk Wrocław	18	7	11	1432	1446	−14	25
9	Montepaschi Siena	18	6	12	1406	1495	−89	24
10	Maccabi Ra'anana	18	4	14	1294	1477	−183	22

Source: FIBA Europe

Results

Home \ Away	ALB	ASV	CSK	RYT	RAA	MPS	PAO	WRO	SPL	ULK
Alba Berlin	—	74–68	80–77	95–70	77–68	79–80	79–71	86–78	73–79	75–78
ASVEL	74–71	—	72–80	87–69	93–71	86–87	86–92	74–70	88–78	71–66
CSKA Moscow	89–86	83–91	—	88–82	69–68	85–78	69–57	72–65	66–57	83–88
Lietuvos rytas	71–80	80–81	84–88	—	91–69	92–93	87–78	91–101	93–77	79–97
Maccabi Ra'anana	77–84	75–68	66–74	71–88	—	86–71	68–82	89–82	77–84	77–76
Montepaschi Siena	93–83	67–70	76–78	87–91	82–67	—	65–97	74–83	76–81	76–87
Panathinaikos	92–75	86–82	89–81	104–83	83–61	99–95	—	85–79	64–60	84–77
Śląsk Wrocław	76–85	89–79	69–84	74–92	95–68	82–72	62–76	—	72–75	79–69
Split CO	77–73	84–78	75–72	83–80	76–65	81–61	68–59	83–88	—	76–70
Ülker	90–84	78–65	93–91	83–99	102–71	68–73	87–79	92–88	80–69	—

Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Group B

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	18	15	3	1616	1343	+273	33	Advance to Play Offs
2	Efes Pilsen	18	13	5	1478	1386	+92	31
3	Partizan ICN	18	11	7	1492	1517	−25	29
4	Iraklis	18	10	8	1494	1504	−10	28
5	Scavolini Pesaro	18	9	9	1594	1518	+76	27
6	Pau-Orthez	18	9	9	1486	1432	+54	27
7	Telindus Oostende	18	8	10	1478	1544	−66	26
8	Krka	18	7	11	1401	1487	−86	25
9	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	18	6	12	1559	1624	−65	24
10	Plannja	18	2	16	1394	1637	−243	20

Source: FIBA Europe

Results

Home \ Away	LEV	EFS	IRA	KRK	MTA	PAR	PAU	PLA	SCA	OOS
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	—	69–71	106–110	102–94	98–100	95–81	88–79	89–72	78–82	82–90
Efes Pilsen	97–88	—	88–65	84–70	72–66	93–82	88–76	104–75	96–92	89–80
Iraklis	98–87	72–87	—	73–80	92–85	91–76	86–82	89–74	92–85	74–62
Krka	92–73	64–72	65–85	—	89–87	78–79	73–77	97–92	102–100	80–78
Maccabi Tel Aviv	100–67	69–59	95–71	83–67	—	89–53	91–67	95–69	80–78	96–79
Partizan	108–99	79–68	93–81	77–67	73–95	—	75–69	99–88	76–73	89–80
Pau-Orthez	79–80	94–73	76–74	100–75	80–93	92–81	—	86–59	84–76	92–95
Plannja	76–84	84–92	90–94	72–68	68–113	81–90	62–75	—	78–85	88–87
Scavolini Pesaro	107–89	82–80	90–70	90–68	81–85	84–93	102–89	91–78	—	118–97
Telindus Oostende	88–85	79–65	83–77	63–72	80–94	94–88	61–89	99–88	83–78	—

Source: FIBA Europe
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

	Eight-Finals								Quarter-Finals								Semi-Finals					Final
	A1	Panathinaikos	82	86		2
	B8	Krka	65	79		0
									Panathinaikos		87	71		2
									Alba Berlin		77	69		0
	B4	Iraklis	78	77	75	1
	A5	Alba Berlin	67	88	86	2
																	Panathinaikos		74
																	Efes Pilsen		66
	B2	Efes Pilsen	89	69	86	2
	A7	Lietuvos rytas	78	73	67	1
									Efes Pilsen		95	64	82	2
									Split CO		69	72	59	1
	A3	Split CO	79	85		2
	B6	Pau-Orthez	78	83		0
																						Panathinaikos		67
																						Maccabi Tel Aviv		81
	B1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	81	85		2
	A8	Śląsk Wrocław	75	62		0
									Maccabi Tel Aviv		80	84		2
									Scavolini Pesaro		69	77		0
	A4	Ülker	91	83	85	1
	B5	Scavolini Pesaro	81	96	88	2
																	Maccabi Tel Aviv		86
																	CSKA Moscow		80
	A2	CSKA Moscow	94	77		2																Third Place
	B7	Telindus Oostende	76	70		0
									CSKA Moscow		78	82		2								Efes Pilsen		91
									ASVEL		63	76		0								CSKA Moscow		85
	B3	Partizan ICN	80	76	62	1
	A6	ASVEL	73	94	73	2

Eight-Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Panathinaikos	2–0	Krka	82–65	86–79
CSKA Moscow	2–0	Telindus Oostende	94–76	77–70
Efes Pilsen	2–1	Lietuvos rytas	89–78	69–73	86–67
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Śląsk Wrocław	81–75	85–62
Ülker	1–2	Scavolini Pesaro	91–81	83–96	85–88
Split CO	2–0	Pau-Orthez	79–78	85–83
Partizan	1–2	ASVEL	80–73	76–94	62–73
Iraklis	1–2	Alba Berlin	78–67	77–88	75–86

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Panathinaikos	2–0	Alba Berlin	87–77	71–69
CSKA Moscow	2–0	ASVEL	78–63	82–76
Efes Pilsen	2–1	Split CO	95–69	64–72	82–59
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–0	Scavolini Pesaro	80–69	84–77

Final four

Main article: 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four

Semifinals

11 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Panathinaikos	74–66	Efes Pilsen
Maccabi Tel Aviv	86–80	CSKA Moscow

3rd place game

13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Efes Pilsen	91–85	CSKA Moscow

Final

13 May, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Panathinaikos	67–81	Maccabi Tel Aviv

2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague champions
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3rd title

Final standings

Pos	Team
	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Panathinaikos
	Efes Pilsen
4	CSKA Moscow

Awards

All official awards of the 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague.

Main article: FIBA SuproLeague Awards

FIBA SuproLeague Player of the Year

•   Nate Huffman (  Maccabi Tel Aviv)

FIBA SuproLeague Top Scorer

•   Miroslav Berić (  Partizan)

FIBA SuproLeague Finals Top Scorer

•   Dejan Bodiroga (  Panathinaikos)

FIBA SuproLeague Final Four MVP

•   Ariel McDonald (  Maccabi Tel Aviv)

FIBA SuproLeague All-Final Four Team

First Team^[1]
Ariel McDonald (MVP)	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Anthony Parker	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dejan Bodiroga	Panathinaikos
Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow
Nate Huffman	Maccabi Tel Aviv

Statistics

Individual statistics

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Miroslav Berić	Partizan	20	465	23.3
2.	Charles Thomas	Plannja	13	291	22.4
3.	John Best	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	17	378	22.2

Source: FIBA Europe

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Roberto Chiacig	Montepaschi Siena	18	169	9.4
2.	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	22	203	9.2
3.	Nate Huffman	Maccabi Tel Aviv	24	216	9.0

Source: FIBA Europe

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Raimonds Miglinieks	Śląsk Wrocław	20	139	7.0
2.	Laurent Sciarra	ASVEL	23	142	6.2
3.	Chuck Evans	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	18	97	5.4

Source: FIBA Europe

Blocks

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Blocks	BPG
1.	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	22	47	2.1
2.	Andrei Fetisov	CSKA Moscow	24	38	1.6
3.	Dejan Koturović	Alba Berlin	23	35	1.5

Source: FIBA Europe

Other statistics

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	Ralph Biggs	Telindus Oostende	20	2.1
Turnovers	Andrius Giedraitis	Lietuvos rytas	15	3.7
Minutes	Charles Thomas	Plannja	13	38.5
FT %	Damir Mulaomerović	Efes Pilsen	26	89.2%
2-Point %	Andrei Kirilenko	CSKA Moscow	22	63.9%
3-Point %	Laurent Pluvy	ASVEL	23	54.2%

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Team	Statistic	Opponent
Points	Miroslav Berić	Partizan	38	Telindus Oostende (Dec 7, 2000)
Rebounds	Lazaros Papadopoulos	Iraklis	21	Alba Berlin (Apr 5, 2001)
	Hüseyin Beşok	Efes Pilsen		Plannja (Jan 4, 2001)
Assists	Raimonds Miglinieks	Śląsk Wrocław	15	Montepaschi Siena (Nov 15, 2000)
Blocks	Hüseyin Beşok	Efes Pilsen	7	Plannja (Jan 4, 2001)
Steals	Veselin Petrović	Partizan	9	Plannja (Feb 15, 2001)

Team statistics

Category	Team	Average
Points	Maccabi Tel Aviv	88.0
Rebounds	Iraklis	33.8
Assists	ASVEL	18.0
Blocks	CSKA Moscow	4.3
Steals	Montepaschi Siena	10.1
Turnovers	Plannja	14.8
FT %	Scavolini Pesaro	79.4%
2-Point %	Panathinaikos	56.4%
3-Point %	Scavolini Pesaro	40.4%

Two continental champions

In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi Tel Aviv of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague. The leaders of both organizations realized the need to come up with a new single competition. Negotiating from the position of strength, Euroleague Basketball Company dictated proceedings and FIBA essentially had no choice but to agree to their terms. As a result, the EuroLeague was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball Company's umbrella, and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well. It is today officially admitted that European basketball had two champions that year, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague.

Formation of the Euroleague

A year later, Euroleague Basketball Company and FIBA decided that Euroleague Basketball's EuroLeague competition would be the main basketball tournament on the continent, to be played between the top-level teams of Europe. FIBA Europe from 2002 would also organize a European league for third-tier level teams, known as the FIBA Europe League competition, while Euroleague Basketball would also organize its own second-tier level league, combining FIBA's long-time FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions into one new competition, the EuroCup. In 2005, Euroleague Basketball and FIBA decided to cooperate with each other and did so until 2016.

In essence, the authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA Saporta Cup and FIBA Korać Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding, which was when Euroleague Basketball launched the EuroCup.

See also

• 2000–01 Euroleague
• 2000–01 FIBA Saporta Cup
• 2000–01 FIBA Korać Cup

References

1. Champions Cup 2000–01.

External links

• 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
• 2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague at FIBA Europe